Melody Beattie

And it's all a spectrum. It's all a spectrum. What I found when you had asked earlier about the progression of the awareness and consciousness of codependency is when I started talking openly about my experiences and especially growing up in an alcoholic home, how that had affected me.

And it's all a spectrum. It's all a spectrum. What I found when you had asked earlier about the progression of the awareness and consciousness of codependency is when I started talking openly about my experiences and especially growing up in an alcoholic home, how that had affected me.

And it's all a spectrum. It's all a spectrum. What I found when you had asked earlier about the progression of the awareness and consciousness of codependency is when I started talking openly about my experiences and especially growing up in an alcoholic home, how that had affected me.

Including ourselves. Yes. Acceptance. I mean, we don't have to like it. We just have to accept it.

Including ourselves. Yes. Acceptance. I mean, we don't have to like it. We just have to accept it.

Including ourselves. Yes. Acceptance. I mean, we don't have to like it. We just have to accept it.

Surrender, yeah. No, we're talking about surrender. A real... waving their white flag of surrender to the experience, to this new twist in our journey, to how this changes our lives. My life was blown up in 1990 when my son Shane went skiing on his 12th birthday and never came home. Disrupted my daughter's life. It disrupted my life. And

Surrender, yeah. No, we're talking about surrender. A real... waving their white flag of surrender to the experience, to this new twist in our journey, to how this changes our lives. My life was blown up in 1990 when my son Shane went skiing on his 12th birthday and never came home. Disrupted my daughter's life. It disrupted my life. And

Surrender, yeah. No, we're talking about surrender. A real... waving their white flag of surrender to the experience, to this new twist in our journey, to how this changes our lives. My life was blown up in 1990 when my son Shane went skiing on his 12th birthday and never came home. Disrupted my daughter's life. It disrupted my life. And

And it's one thing to say the word grief and to talk about the journey. But I mean, my soul fell out of my heart and down onto the floor. And I spent the next 20 years trying to find more light and get through it and understand. But one of the first lessons I learned when after moving to California with my daughter was empathy.

And it's one thing to say the word grief and to talk about the journey. But I mean, my soul fell out of my heart and down onto the floor. And I spent the next 20 years trying to find more light and get through it and understand. But one of the first lessons I learned when after moving to California with my daughter was empathy.

And it's one thing to say the word grief and to talk about the journey. But I mean, my soul fell out of my heart and down onto the floor. And I spent the next 20 years trying to find more light and get through it and understand. But one of the first lessons I learned when after moving to California with my daughter was empathy.

I wasn't able to run into anyone on this planet who hadn't encountered some form of loss, some form of anguish. And I mean, as I traveled around the world, really deep, painful, big things. That was the start of the grief club that we're not being singled out, although sometimes it may feel like we are. And I don't know, they don't seem to tell us this stuff in kindergarten, do they?

I wasn't able to run into anyone on this planet who hadn't encountered some form of loss, some form of anguish. And I mean, as I traveled around the world, really deep, painful, big things. That was the start of the grief club that we're not being singled out, although sometimes it may feel like we are. And I don't know, they don't seem to tell us this stuff in kindergarten, do they?

I wasn't able to run into anyone on this planet who hadn't encountered some form of loss, some form of anguish. And I mean, as I traveled around the world, really deep, painful, big things. That was the start of the grief club that we're not being singled out, although sometimes it may feel like we are. And I don't know, they don't seem to tell us this stuff in kindergarten, do they?

You know, carry an umbrella and a rock everywhere you go because life is going to be a little bit difficult. You're going to need to protect yourself often. No, we're not completely equipped for that.

You know, carry an umbrella and a rock everywhere you go because life is going to be a little bit difficult. You're going to need to protect yourself often. No, we're not completely equipped for that.

You know, carry an umbrella and a rock everywhere you go because life is going to be a little bit difficult. You're going to need to protect yourself often. No, we're not completely equipped for that.

Yeah, we don't want to get banged up anymore. It's not because we're bad. It's because we've already been through enough, we think. We just don't want to hurt anymore. And who can blame us?

Yeah, we don't want to get banged up anymore. It's not because we're bad. It's because we've already been through enough, we think. We just don't want to hurt anymore. And who can blame us?